Book-marker.



faTATES PATEN T OFFICE.

ANNA s. RIDENOUR, or ATLANTIUOITY, NEW'JnRsEY.

B0 OK-MARKER.

To all whom it may concern e it known that I, ANNA S. RIDENOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlantic City, in the county of Atlantic and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Book-Marker, of which the fol, lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a book marker having a head, an indicating or leaf-turning arm, and a loop cord, the head being provided with incisions or slits for detachably connecting thereto the loop cord which retains the marker between the leaves of a book, the loop cord being held in the head of the marker by the clasping engagement or contact of the edges of the incisions or slits, and the objects of my invention are to provide, first, a book marker that may be readily attached to or removed from a book without injury to the leaves, cover or any portion of the book, second, a book marker that will remain securely in position in the book, third, a book marker which may be constantly used without injury to the leaves, cover or any part of the book, fourth, a book marker which may be used as an individual marker or in series, each one of the series having a reference numeral, or other indicating means, to a page, section or line of a reference book or guide.

I attain these objects by the device illus-- trated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1, is a perspective View of an open book showing my book marker in place therein. Fig. 2, is a perspective view of a closed book showing on the back or hinge thereof, the loop cords of a plurality or series of my book markers in place within the book. Fig. 3, is a face view of my book marker.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My book marker, which is made of any suitable flexible material, preferably celluloid, comprises a head, 10, an indicating or leaf-turning arm, 11, and a loop cord, 12. The head, 10, is rigidly attached to the indicating arm, 11, preferably by one piece construction, at right angles to the longitudinal line of the indicating arm, 11, reference being had to my book marker as being in normal position in a book, so that an Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 29, 1913.

equal portion of the head, 10, extends above Patented J une 23, 1914. Serial No. 770,678.

and below the longitudinal line of said arm. The head, 10, is shown in the drawings as much less in length than the indicating arm, 11, but the difference in length between the head and the indicating arm need not be so great as shown, provided the head, 10, is not extended above or below the top and bottom of the page of the book in which my marker is used. The head, 10, is provided with an incision or slit, 18, in each of its said upper and lower portions to retain the loop cord, 12, hereinafter described.

The incisions or slits, 13, are preferably cut at an angle to the longitudinal line of the head, 10, the better to retain or hold the loop cord, 12, by the clasping engagement or contact of the sides of the incisions or slits, 13, with the loop cord against the upward and downward strain on the loop cord.

The indicating arm, 11, is in length slightly more than the width of the page of the book, a portion of the arm, 11, being extended beyond the outer edge of the leaf of the book to provide a means by which to grasp the indicating arm, 11, to turn the leaves and also to provide space on which to place a reference numeral or other indicating character to permit my book marker to be used in series in connection with a reference book or guide.

The loop cord 12, is of sufiicient length to allow one end thereof to be passed twice around the lower portion of the head, 10, and twice inserted in the incision or slit, 13, thereof to serve as a fixed attachment of the loop cord, 12, to the head, 10, while the remainder of the loop cord, 12, is carried around and over the back or hinge of the book to the top thereof and then down between the leaves to the incision or slit, 18, in the upper portion of the head, 10, for insertion therein once, to permit ready detachment of this end of the loop cord, 12, from the head, 10, for removal of the marker from between the leaves.

In use my book marker is placed between the leaves of a book so that the head, 10, is adjacent to the back or hinge of the book in the vertical line of the book, while the indicating arm, 11, extends at right angles thereto, the head, 10, being held in place in the book by the loop cord, 12, attached to the head, 10, as above described, my book marker being adapted as set forth to use as an intaining the free ends of the cord by the clasping engagement of the edges of the incislonsor slits.

2. A book marker coinprlsing a head, an

indicating arm, and afree ended cord, the head and indicating arni being of one piece construction, the head being of less length than the indicating arm and arranged at right angles thereto and extending above and below the $111116 and having incisions or slits out at an angle to the longitudinal line of the head for detachably retaining the free ends of the cord by the clasping engagement of the edge of the incisions or slits.

ANNA S. RIDENOUR.

\Vitnesses F. A. J onns, W. ZIMMERMAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

